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The Guardian rosetta: the Datablog reference guide to nearly everything - ISO country codes, parliament, university, LAs and NHS codes

Looking for ISO country codes? This is now the place to come. We want to make it easier to map data and keep it consistent. Take a look at our reference guide to IDs, codes and names and see how you can help make it better • Get the data Data ...

From SIMON ROGERS, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Health Service,  Office for National Statistics,  Google Inc.,  UCAS

Climategate: McIntyre vs. Gore

I wonder what Al Gore – allegedly the world’s first carbon billionaire, not to mention Nobel and Oscar laureate – is thinking during the brouhaha over the release of the East Anglia CRU emails and documents. Probably, not much. No doubt the former veep ...

From ROGER L SIMON, Roger L. Simon,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al Gore

DNA database: which police force takes the most samples?

Millions of people in the UK have samples on the national DNA database. Find out where they were taken • Get the data National DNA database is under fire. A sample being taken If you're arrested now, the chances are the police officer will swab your ...

From SIMON ROGERS, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Home Office

POLLIWOOD: “An Education” – Will British Sex Garner the Oscar?

Years ago there used to be a farce on London’s West End that ran literally for decades – “No Sex, Please. We’re British!” (I think that’s the title – it’s been a while.) Anyway, those days are long gone, as we know, and the latest Oscar-worthy import ...

From ROGER L SIMON, Roger L. Simon,  21 Nov 2009

Congress: Government Health Care for Thee, But Not for Me

Pajamas Media appreciates your comments that abide by the following guidelines: 1. Avoid profanities or foul language unless it is contained in a necessary quote or is relevant to the comment. 3. Disagree, but avoid ad hominem attacks. 4. Threats are ...

From ROGER L SIMON, Pajamas Media,  20 Nov 2009

Congress: Gov’t healthcare for thee but not for me

I guess many Members of Congress secretly realize the Dean of Harvard Med was correct when he attacked the proposed healthcare legislation as a virtual anti-health boondoggle in the WSJ last week, because those members aren’t signing onto the ...

From ROGER L SIMON, Roger L. Simon,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Harvard University,  Ways and Means Committee,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Henry Waxman

NME's top 50 albums of the decade: how high did they get in the charts? Plus original reviews

The NME has announced its choice of best albums of the noughties, with Is this it at the top. Find out how the decade's best compare in the charts - and read the original Guardian reviews 'Is this it' came top in NME's albums of the decade. Above: ...

From SIMON ROGERS, The Guardian Music,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Julian Casablancas,  The Strokes (musician),  Outkast,  Primal Scream (musician),  Radiohead (musician)

Afghanistan civilian casualties: what are the real figures?

Afghanistan civilian casualties are difficult to measure: women pray by the family grave at a local cemetery in Kabul. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Meanwhile, another suicide bomber on foot blew himself up in a busy market in Uruzgan ...

From SIMON ROGERS, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

The Dean of Harvard Medical School destroys Obamacare (let’s hope)

Jeffrey S. Flier – the dean of Harvard Med – has thrown a haymaker at Obamacare in today’s WSJ – Health ‘Debate’ Deserves a Failing Grade: In discussions with dozens of health-care leaders and economists, I find near unanimity of opinion that, whatever ...

From ROGER L SIMON, Roger L. Simon,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard Medical School,  Harry Reid,  Nancy Pelosi,  Barack Obama

Corruption, country by country. The 2009 Transparency International index in full

How endemic is corruption around the world - and where does it flourish? Figures released today show that public corruption in Afghanistan has worsened over the past two years and is now more rampant than in any country apart from Somalia. Afghanistan ...

From SIMON ROGERS, Guardian Unlimited,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: World Bank,  World Economic Forum

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